IndyCar’s Marcus Armstrong is racing on home soil soon

Kiwi Marcus Armstrong, of IndyCar Series fame, is coming home to race for the first time since 2019. He is teaming up with his father Rick in the South Island Endurance Series finale.

They will co-drive a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car at Highlands Motorsport Park on October 17-18. It is a three-hour endurance race.

Rick has been a regular in New Zealand’s racing scene, piloting a variety of Porsche race cars for the past 10 years.

Marcus, meanwhile, has made his way in single-seaters, reaching Formula 2 before trying his hand at IndyCar.

“Some of my earliest racing memories were of Porsche Cup cars – watching my Dad race,” Marcus told SpeedCafe.

“It will be cool to share the car with him and race in front of a Kiwi crowd.

“It’s been a good season in IndyCar and although the season has only just finished, I’m itching to get back in a race car.”

Armstrong finished eighth in the IndyCar Series this year, trailing Meyer Shank Racing teammate Felix Rosenqvist in sixth.

He scored 11 top 10 finishes, including a breakthrough third place finish at Iowa Speedway, Armstrong’s first oval podium.

The endurance race will act as a pre-season hit-out for Rick, who returns to the GT New Zealand Championship in 2026.

He won the last two Open Class titles in his Porsche.